Biography

Jeff Ingersoll is an acoustic guitarist that has been making a name for himself not only in the bluegrass world, but across genre lines. He has a musical palette that is just as satisfied by modern jazz as it is old time fiddle music. A range of influences from Ernest Tubb to Ernest Ranglin and all points between. This broad range of musical impressions has given birth to compositions that are not only well informed and relevant, but also somewhat nostalgic and well grounded in roots genres.

Jeff Ingersoll grew up playing traditional and country music with Grandfather, Father, and various other friends and family in the Tug Hill region of Central New York State. This provided the platform for him to build a musical career that is well informed, but still rooted in a more vernacular style of music. Early on, Jeff performed throughout upstate New York on bass, guitar, mandolin, and banjo as a member of the Ingersoll Family Band. As he grew, both physically and musically, he desired to expand his musical vocabulary. To this end he formed a band with his younger brother Aaron in 2006, sometimes performing as The New North Country Troubadours, and sometimes as the Ingersoll Bothers. The Brothers were (and still are) favorites at many local and regional festivals throughout upstate New York. The Ingersoll Brothers won the 2013 Norwich Bluegrass Festival Band Competition, beating out such acts as Ernie Evans and the Tyler Williams Band.

In 2010, Jeff decided to attend East Tennessee State University and gain a bachelor of arts in Bluegrass, Old-time, and Country Music. This experience sky-rocketed his musical growth by placing him in a musically rich environment and surrounding him by like minded people. His time at ETSU has allowed him to not only immerse himself in roots and Appalachian musical styles, but also to delve into other genres such as celtic, jazz, swing and popular music.

Most recently Jeff worked as lead guitarist for the progressive bluegrass/fusion band The Honey Chasers with long time friends and musical compadres from ETSU. Blending modern pop, jazz, rock and roll, and bluegrass, this band found overwhelming acceptance from audiences across the Appalachian Mountain region as well as the Mid-west and North Eastern United States. Many of the musicians involved with that project are also featured on the new album, including fiddler Meade Richter and mandolinist Cameron Owens.